How Do You Troubleshoot the Message “error: too early for operation, device not yet seeded or device model not acknowledged”?

Problem scenario
You are using a Red Hat Distribution of Linux (e.g., CentOS/RHEL/Fedora). You try to run a snap command. You see this message: "error: too early for operation, device not yet seeded or device model not acknowledged". What should you do to get the snap command to work?

Solution
Run this command:

sudo dnf reinstall snapd

This solution was taken from this posting:
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/error-too-early-for-operation-device-not-yet-seeded-or-device-model-not-acknowledged/12421/17

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